James Otis

Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel's first children's book, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," was published in 1937; in the year 2000, nine years after his death, the ageless appeal of his whimsical world is selling seats on Broadway ("Seussical") and at the movies ("The Grinch"). Yet most of Geisel's legacy is on paper: nearly four dozen books and countless sketches, drawings, editorial cartoons and commercial art.

Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel's first children's book, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," was published in 1937; in the year 2000, nine years after his death, the ageless appeal of his whimsical world is selling seats on Broadway ("Seussical") and at the movies ("The Grinch"). Yet most of Geisel's legacy is on paper: nearly four dozen books and countless sketches, drawings, editorial cartoons and commercial art.

The first man in Orange County to plead guilty to a "stalking" charge was arrested for allegedly violating his parole, police said Friday. James Otis Sims, 38, was watching a movie in an Anaheim theater when Westminster police arrested him, Michael Mittelstaedt said.. In January, Sims was sentenced to 60 days in Orange County Jail and five years of formal probation after pleading guilty to three counts of vandalism for stalking Sandra Potter and slashing her tires.

The first man in Orange County to plead guilty to a "stalking" charge was arrested for allegedly violating his parole, police said Friday. James Otis Sims, 38, was watching a movie in an Anaheim theater when Westminster police arrested him, Michael Mittelstaedt said.. In January, Sims was sentenced to 60 days in Orange County Jail and five years of formal probation after pleading guilty to three counts of vandalism for stalking Sandra Potter and slashing her tires.

Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other items sold for $1.8 million at an auction that drew outrage from the Indian government, a last-minute reversal from the seller and a frenzy of bidding that was won by an Indian conglomerate that said the pacifist leader's things would be coming home. The lot included Gandhi's wire-rim glasses, worn leather sandals, a pocket watch, a plate and the brass bowl from which he ate his last meal. The Indian government had protested the sale, saying the items should go back to India.

In response to your front-page article "Court Limits Risk on Home Damage: State Justices Rule That Companies Must Pay Only When Policy Covers Primary Cause of Loss," March 31: It is blatantly obvious (now) that every time the insurance industry asks this court for a loaf of bread, the justices give them the entire bakery. On the other hand--"We the people" ask for a loaf of bread, and this court gives us a few crumbs from the crust--fully baked, and unable to rise to the occasion.

Jimmy Wyble Eclectic guitarist Jimmy Wyble, 87, a guitarist of great range who played with country-western swing bandleader Bob Wills as well as with the Benny Goodman and Red Norvo jazz combos, died of heart failure Jan. 16 while under hospice care at his home in Altadena, according to his friend and fellow guitarist Larry Koonse. James Otis Wyble was born Jan. 25, 1922, in Port Arthur, Texas. While working for a Houston radio station and playing guitar in western swing bands in the early 1940s, he and fellow guitarist Cameron Hill were invited to join Bob Wills' Texas Playboys.

The death of a man who was arrested at Physicians & Surgeons Hospital was caused by meningitis and sepsis caused by gunshot wounds to the mouth, an autopsy shows. James Otis Leggett, 39, died Jan. 4 at the hospital after he had been arrested the day before and taken to County Jail. Leggett had originally gone to the hospital after complaining of head and neck pains, vomiting and bleeding from the mouth. Hospital officials called police when he tried to hit a doctor and cursed at several nurses.

In the first Orange County use of a new state law prohibiting "stalking," a man has been jailed on suspicion of harassing a Westminster woman whom he once dated. James Otis Sims, 37, was ordered held on $80,000 bail Monday by a Municipal Court judge after being arrested Sunday in Anaheim at the home of a relative. Sandra Potter, 31, had complained to authorities that Sims has been obsessed with her for the past 12 years, since they met at a Garden Grove restaurant where she was a waitress.

Paul Revere asked the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to pony up 5 shillings a day to compensate for his several weeks in the saddle working to enlist recruits to fight the British. The provisional Massachusetts government agreed to pay 4 shillings instead after such patriots as Sam Adams, John Adams and James Otis signed off on Revere's expense account, according to documents in the state archives.